Re: [ubuntu-uk] Format shifting vs. the Criminal Justice Act

2011-08-03 Thread Tony Pursell
On 3 August 2011 18:59, Jacob Mansfield wrote: > On 3 August 2011 18:54, Tony Pursell wrote: > >> >> Probably not. I.e if you have a file that you can Format Shift, that will >> be legal. Doesn't necessarily mean the only legal file formats are those >> that can be Format Shifted and it would

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Problem Upgrading to 11.04 Desktop

2011-08-03 Thread Liam Proven
On 3 August 2011 14:55, Jon Farmer wrote: > Hi > > It fails every time with > > Failed to fetch > http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/g/gwibber/gwibber-service-facebook_3.0.0.1-0ubuntu3_all.deb > 403  Forbidden > > Any ideas? > > Regards > > Jon Try changing mirrors. There's an option i

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Problem Upgrading to 11.04 Desktop

2011-08-03 Thread Jon Farmer
On Aug 3, 2011 5:29 PM, "Rob Beard" wrote: > > On 03/08/11 15:33, Matthew Daubney wrote: >> Are you behind a firewall or proxy of somekind? Looks like anything >> with "facebook" in the URI get's banned :) I used to have a similar >> problem at uni when anything with the word "torrent" in it was

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Format shifting vs. the Criminal Justice Act

2011-08-03 Thread Jacob Mansfield
On 3 August 2011 18:54, Tony Pursell wrote: > > Probably not. I.e if you have a file that you can Format Shift, that will > be legal. Doesn't necessarily mean the only legal file formats are those > that can be Format Shifted and it would be illegal to supply a file format > that cannot be Form

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Format shifting vs. the Criminal Justice Act

2011-08-03 Thread Tony Pursell
On 3 August 2011 14:18, Andrew Oakley wrote: > Slightly off-topic, but there's been a lot of anti-Digital Rights > Management discussion on here in the past, so here goes... > > Today the government announced "sweeping" reforms of copyright law: > http://www.bis.gov.uk/news/topstories/2011/Aug/re

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Format shifting vs. the Criminal Justice Act

2011-08-03 Thread Bill Cumming
The main focus has been with audio cd's in the news today. They have not changed the law regrading circumventing DVD Looks like they are not going to change current rules in regards to movies, since most movies are available in multi format packs already (most current movies come in triple packs

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Problem Upgrading to 11.04 Desktop

2011-08-03 Thread Rob Beard
On 03/08/11 15:33, Matthew Daubney wrote: On 3 August 2011 14:55, Jon Farmer wrote: Hi It fails every time with Failed to fetch http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/g/gwibber/gwibber-service-facebook_3.0.0.1-0ubuntu3_all.deb 403 Forbidden Any ideas? Regards Jon Jon Farmer Tel 07

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Problem Upgrading to 11.04 Desktop

2011-08-03 Thread Matthew Daubney
On 3 August 2011 14:55, Jon Farmer wrote: > Hi > > It fails every time with > > Failed to fetch > http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/g/gwibber/gwibber-service-facebook_3.0.0.1-0ubuntu3_all.deb > 403  Forbidden > > Any ideas? > > Regards > > Jon > > Jon Farmer > Tel 07795 118140 > Are y

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Problem Upgrading to 11.04 Desktop

2011-08-03 Thread Steve Fisher
I just accidentally clicked on the link (damned trackpad!) and it downloaded, so no problem here :) Steve -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

[ubuntu-uk] Problem Upgrading to 11.04 Desktop

2011-08-03 Thread Jon Farmer
Hi It fails every time with Failed to fetch http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/g/gwibber/gwibber-service-facebook_3.0.0.1-0ubuntu3_all.deb 403 Forbidden Any ideas? Regards Jon Jon Farmer Tel 07795 118140 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubu

[ubuntu-uk] Format shifting vs. the Criminal Justice Act

2011-08-03 Thread Andrew Oakley
Slightly off-topic, but there's been a lot of anti-Digital Rights Management discussion on here in the past, so here goes... Today the government announced "sweeping" reforms of copyright law: http://www.bis.gov.uk/news/topstories/2011/Aug/reforming-ip Part of that is the legalisation of format s